Loren Cass

A “starkly radical film debut of uncommon power and artistic principle,” Chris Fuller’s Loren Cass is a vivid tale of troubled youth that “makes even Larry Clark (Kids) look tame by comparison” (Variety). Utilizing a small cast of unknowns (including writer/director Fuller, under the name “Lewis Brogan”), acutely detailed 16mm photography, and “extraordinary sound work” (The New York Times) that mixes disembodied voices ranging from Charles Bukowski to French poet Robert Desnos with graphic news footage of the American Dream turned nightmare, Loren Cass conjures an authentic and menacing emotional landscape shared by three young people in contemporary suburban Florida. Though scripted by Fuller in the aftermath of the 1996 St. Petersburg riots when he was just 15 years old, this “lyrical portrait of angry, disaffected teens” (Village Voice) evokes the unquenchable need, psychic pain and seething rage of disenfranchised youth from any era. Jason (Travis Maynard), a pierced and inked skinhead, takes impulsive and self destructive chances with everyone and everything around him, while his garage mechanic friend Cale (Fuller) embarks on a fleeting, benumbed romance with Nicole (Kayla Tabish), a promiscuous diner waitress.

This is a great movie and one I was very much looking forward to buying on DVD. However, the DVD is not enhanced for widescreen TVs. So you either have to watch it at half the size in the middle of your screen or blow it up, with makes the already fuzzy picture (16mm) even fuzzier. Kind of hard to believe that in 2010, when everyone is buying LCDs and plasmas, that Kino could actually release something like this and charge normal DVD price for it. Well, they got me, mainly because there is so little info about this release on the internet. So just be warned, if you have a widescreen HDTV, you are kind of left out of the loop on this one. Unfortunately, a film as small as this may never be released again. That’s a shame, because it is truly worth watching.

If you like arthouse/indie films then you will love this. I first heard about this after reading the rave review in the NY Times. Been anxious to get the DVD ever since. This film really deserves more recognition!

One of the worst films I’ve ever seen. A disappointement to the Indie Film community. Horrible monologues, no story line, very little talking and very little symbolism and subtlety to make up for the lack of speaking roles in the film. Get with it and move your audience!!!! This film is silly and boring.

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